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赖
賴
lài
v./adj. go back on one's word; to shift the blame onto sb else; to blame; depend on; hold on in one place; (oral) good
负v./adj. shoulder, bear; suffer; lose, fail; owe, bear debt to; (math.) minus; (electrics) negative (for 赖)char. carry (on the back); to rely on, to have at one's back; to enjoy; to betray (for 赖)
貝    shell (for 賴)
'赖' is part of the following simplified words:
 懒 濑 獭 癞 籁
'赖' is part of the following traditional words:
 懶 瀨 獺 癩 籟

Simplified Chinese

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Traditional Chinese

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
依​赖​
依​賴​
yī lài
v. depend on
那​个​小​孩​赖​在​公​园​里​不​肯​回​家​。
那​個​小​孩​賴​在​公​園​裡​不​肯​回​家​。
nà ge xiǎo hái lài zài gōng yuán li bù kěn huí jiā .
phr. That boy held on in the park and refused to go home.
抵​赖​
抵​賴​
dǐ lài
v. to deny, to disavow
赖​皮​
賴​皮​
lài pí
adj./n. shameless unreasonable; shameless person
耍​赖​
耍​賴​
shuǎ lài
v. act shamelessly, be deliberately dishonest, be perverse
不​赖​
不​賴​
bú lài
adj. not bad, good, fine
赖​以​生​存​
賴​以​生​存​
lài yǐ shēng cún
idiom. that sb. or sth. depends on for living
欠​债​要​还​，赖​账​是​不​行​的​。
欠​債​要​還​，賴​賬​是​不​行​的​。
qiàn zhài yào huán, lài zhàng shì bù xíng de
phr. A debt must be paid, and there is no way to disown it.
狡​赖​
狡​賴​
jiǎo lài
v. to deny through sophism, to deny by using specious argument
她​总​是​有​错​就​赖​别​人​。
她​總​是​有​錯​就​賴​別​人​。
tā zǒng shì yǒu cuò jiù lài bié rén
phr. She always shifts the blame onto others.
这​事​全​赖​我​。
這​事​全​賴​我​。
zhè shì quán lài wǒ
phr. I am entirely to blame for this incident.